Feliks

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Felix in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, PE Peru and 15 more, Феликс in RU Russia, FI Finland, KZ Kazakhstan and 1 more and Фелікс in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Feliks is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hungarian given name1.3K records spelled Feliks2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, United States, Russia

  Also written Féliks

• Hindi given name843 records spelled Feliks3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Russia

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

• a separate given name469 records spelled Feliks3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Russia, Ukraine

  Also written Felik̕s, Feliḳs

• Albanian given name365 records spelled Feliks2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania

  Also written Félìks

• French given name346 records spelled Feliks3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Russia, Belgium

  Also written Féliks

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Feliks is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Polish, Felix

  as a name·Polish Personal Names (CIA Foreign Names Studies, ch. 24)

• In German, männl. Vom., polnische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Russian, "happy."

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Estonian, a male given name derived from Latin Felix

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Felix Ib. 300ITnot in their usual namePope and bishop of Rome from 269 to 274
• Felix Grundyb. 1777USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician (1777-1840)
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdyb. 1809DEnot in their usual nameGerman composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847)
• Felix Hausdorffb. 1868DEnot in their usual nameGerman mathematician (*1868 – †1942)
• Felix Blochb. 1905CHnot in their usual nameSwiss physicist (1905-1983)
• Felix Baumgartnerb. 1969ATnot in their usual nameAustrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper (1969–2025)
• John Cenab. 1977USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor and professional wrestler (born 1977)
• PewDiePieb. 1989SEnot in their usual nameSwedish YouTuber (born 1989)
• Holger Badstuberb. 1989DEnot in their usual nameGerman association football player (born 1989)
• Felix IVITnot in their usual namePope and bishop of Rome from 526 to 530

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 153 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Feliks?

We estimate roughly 292 thousand people bear Feliks (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Feliks have the most bearers?

Feliks is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled felix.

How common is Feliks compared with other names?

In Argentina, Feliks is the 240th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Feliks a male or female name?

Feliks is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Feliks mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Felix